Approval of Minutes

2/22/17 General Meeting M/S/C to approve

3/1/17 Executive Board Meeting M/S/C to approve

Treasurer Report

M/S/C to approve February Treasurer Report as submitted.

Officer Reports

Chair

Brian: Acknowledged the ongoing appreciation of support for the 31 L.D.’s. Time to focus on potential precincts in play for November. Virtual phonebank & script now available to help scrub lists in precincts without a PCO. Volunteers needed: See Brian! Turnout will be critical to victory. Need to fill PCO vacancies in targeted precincts. Candidate recruitment continues and announcements are pending. Buckley mayor may have potential & need encouragement. Will meet with state party leaders regarding possible leads. Need volunteers for Endorsement Committees in both King & Pierce (Angel agreed to participate).

Vice Chairs

Angel: Immigration Rally went well. Need calls supporting Headstart programs at risk. “Renton Resist” is seeing impact of immigration enforcement in community. She has immigration info packets available upon request.

State Committee

Ingrid: Attended 2 meetings with “Indivisible” to identify best methods of defeating Reichart in November.

Kirby: State chair is listening to our body! She is engaged and rebuilding the party. He is on the Technology Committee and is soliciting data to contribute. State convention is in Walla Walla. Fishfeed for P.C. Dems, 4/1 at Fife ILWU; Please support! They remain in dire straits, but are beginning fund raising efforts in earnest

PCDCC

Robin: Donation for the Pierce County Dems are encouraged. Brian noted a new a new fund raising arm of the state party, “The Resistance” will funnel donations to County, State and L.D. affiliates.

Committee Reports

Outreach

Donna: Looking for ways to make fair booths successful. Need volunteers to man at local events in Auburn. Edgewood and Bonney Lake also upcoming. Contact her to help.

Candidate Recruitment

See Chair’s report.

Membership

Sarah: 72 members signed up to date, including ActBlue additions. Kudos to promotion team!

Newsletter

Allison: 2nd newsletter went out. Looking for volunteers on team & contributions of articles and blogs for content. Exceeded email max and requested approval to extend additional month. Will submit proposal at E-board meeting for new format M/S/C to pay $30 fee to Mailchimp for the month.

Website/Tech

Daniel: Website is live and endorsement page is up.

Old Business

None

New Business

M/S/C to elect the following PCOs:

Marina Hiles, Aub-0062

M/S/T to April: Endorsement of Judge Mann

Robin/Allison: Forming “Resistance Committee” to identify best ways to pool resources: Communications, Liaisons with other groups, organizing. Talk with them if you want to volunteer.

Good of the Order

Britt: Spoke about “GoFundMe” page for Bremerton Councilwoman Leslie Daugs for defense costs following arrest in D.C. for comments made in senate hearing.

Brian: Sought feedback on new meeting room format. Seems to accommodate large group better. Thanks to Kirby & EPFR for additional chairs!

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